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Language: Na'ahai (Mbatvanui) 162-85

Source/Author:  Aviva Shimelman 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mlx  Glottocode: malf1237 
Notes:  Transcription -- broad -- done with standard IPA with the exception that [ᴅ] was represented as "dʳ". 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Aviva Shimelman  Checked By: Aviva Shimelman 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:North and Central Vanuatu:Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands:Malekula Coastal 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
9 to swim      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
53 person/human being      
61 house      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
104 fat/grease      
123 to flow      
125 salt      
128 sky      
132 fog      
138 warm word info      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
173 at      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and      
193 if      
210 One Thousand word info      
58 wife han      
59 mother ivhinanian      
126 lake no-oi ⁿdalⁿdal      
134 thunder ni-pil      
135 lightning nu-ŋulum      
140 dry word info -mahamah      
146 ash mʷoʃun (ɣamb)      
147 black i-mɛtmɪt      
152 small -malaalax      
161 shy, ashamed -mamaɣan      
162 old word info -marlamb      
166 correct, true i-ᵐbarəŋin      
167 night lipat      
175 above livʷanmahap      
176 below salvʉn      
177 this aiᵐbʷah      
178 that aiᵐbʷajaŋ      
185 we word info ⁿdatʉl we pl incl    
185 we word info matʉl we pl excl    
185 we word info ⁿdaru we dl incl    
185 we word info maru we dual excl    
202 Six word info iraa-tɛx      
204 Eight word info raa-tʉl      
208 Fifty word info namaratin iru noornan ilaŋvul      
6 road/path na-hal   1  
7 to come ᵑga-mi   1  
11 dust niap   1  
16 intestines ni-sini-   1  
18 breast ni-šušu-n   1  
22 to fear -matatah   1  
23 blood næ-ⁿda   1  
34 to cry i-tɛŋ   1  
37 to eat i-kan   1  
44 to hear i-roŋ   1  
45 eye na-mata-n   1  
62 thatch/roof ni-at   1  
70 to shoot word info i-vini   1  
75 to die, be dead i-mas   1  
78 to cut, hack word info i-tiri   1  
79 stick/wood na-ɣai   1  
80 to split word info -tarpor   1  
90 to dig i-ɣil   1  
91 to buy i-pul   1  
97 bird na-man   1  
108 louse word info nu-ɣut   1  
114 leaf ne-reun   1  
119 earth/soil na-tan   1  
120 stone na-vat   1  
124 sea na-tas   1  
129 moon ni-vʉl   1  
133 rain nu-uh   1  
148 white i-mavus   1  
160 painful, sick -mɪhɛx   1  
163 new -veveo   1  
165 bad, evil i-hat   1  
169 year nɛ-teo   1  
174 in, inside lʊnmʉšʉn   1  
184 he/she ai   1  
188 what? word info nahai   1  
196 to count -ᵐbuliŋ   1  
198 Two word info i-ru   1  
199 Three word info i-tʉl   1  
201 Five word info i-lim   1  
100 wing na-ɣaᵐban   1, 12  
183 thou aiunk   1, 18  
189 who? word info ahɛn   1, 25  
117 fruit vʷan(ɣai)   1, 26  
43 ear ⁿdalɪŋa-n   1, 40  
76 to live, be alive i-meur   1, 76  
136 wind nɛ-lɛŋ   1, 77  
121 sand ni-ᵐbinon   1, 79  
186 you amʷil you pl 1, 13  
182 I ᵑgina   1, 21, 22  
31 tooth ni-liwo-n   1, 35  
40 to drink i-mʉn   1, 49  
27 nose nɪ-ᵑginhu-n   1, 58  
73 to steal i-vanax   1, 58  
2 left ⁿdalmʷir   1, 59  
200 Four word info i-vas   1, 65  
50 to dream ᵐbʷɛre   10  
103 meat/flesh ni-vuɣɔʰ   10  
55 woman/female vin aiwut   103  
195 no, not awah   104  
54 man/male ᵐbaᵐbariŋin   117  
13 back word info na-taɣu-n   12  
38 to chew word info i-ŋas   12  
87 to swell word info i-timb   12  
106 snake na-mat   12  
28 to breathe i-ŋarŋar   13  
130 star no-mʷɔsoi   13  
203 Seven word info iraa-ru   13  
64 to say i-pɛ   13, 103  
71 to stab, pierce i-tur   14  
81 sharp i-kan   14  
142 heavy i-ⁿdop   14  
46 to see i-lɪs   14, 94  
197 One word info i-tɛx   14, 4  
1 hand na-vara-n   16  
88 to squeeze word info i-porus   16  
143 fire na-ɣamb   19  
47 to yawn -momolɛn   19, 34  
60 father niptamanian   1?  
115 root na-raran   2  
122 water word info no-oi   2  
172 to climb word info i-hax   2  
52 to stand i-tur   2, 69  
127 woods/forest nɪ-ᵐʙunɣai   2, 87  
205 Nine word info raa-vas   20  
92 to open, uncover -sisivan   24  
65 rope nɛ-ɣeo   25  
99 feather no-ᵐbonᵐbo-n   25  
49 to lie down word info -pas ⁿdeo   25, 62  
102 rat na-ɣahup   3  
181 where? word info ambɛʰ   3, 59  
3 right ᵐbaraŋin   30  
69 to hunt word info i-sal   30  
194 how? word info ivare   30  
8 to turn word info pul-veɣis   31  
113 branch word info na-ᵐbal   31  
118 grass nɪ-(ᵐʙun) mʷini   31  
26 hair word info no-ɣoswul   31, 33  
4 leg/foot ni-ᵐbulɛ-n   33  
82 dull, blunt i-mah   34  
89 to hold word info i-wurwor   34  
131 cloud word info na-maliŋ   34  
207 Twenty word info namaratin itɛx   35  
36 to spit i-pure   35, 86, 96  
63 name na-aha-n   37  
109 mosquito nɛ-teoɣas   38, 48  
144 to burn word info i-paŋ   39, 91  
51 to sit i-sumb   40  
30 mouth no-ᵐboɣo-n   41  
25 neck nɪ-ⁿdəlʊ-n   42  
29 to sniff, smell no-ᵐbʷo-n   42  
10 dirty no-mʷolɔ   43  
150 yellow i-lʉtlʉt   43  
83 to work word info i-rax   46  
101 to fly ivʷɛmb   46  
141 wet imʉsmʉs   49  
180 far sɛlɛ   5  
206 Ten word info laŋvul   5, 8  
153 big i-ᵐboᵐbo   50  
33 to laugh i-man   51  
112 rotten word info i-mom   51  
139 cold word info -malɣah   51  
15 bone ni-ᵐbulᵐʙul   52  
111 fish na-mahal   52  
116 flower nɪ-tavhɛn   53, 57  
187 they ral they 55  
209 One Hundred word info namaritin ilim   57  
164 good i-lɛh   59  
168 day lɛrɛŋ   6  
5 to walk i-loŋ   60  
93 to pound, beat word info i-uras   60  
170 when? word info matanial   61  
171 to hide word info -tɪtehɛx   61  
137 to blow word info i-hup   62, 63  
19 shoulder na-ᵐbatɣavʷa-n   65, 87  
14 belly naᵐbavu-n   66  
57 husband na-aiwut   67  
107 worm (earthworm) nu-ⁿdulas   68, 64  
84 to plant i-kor   69  
17 liver na-mamb   7  
32 tongue na-malavmi-n   7, 42  
96 dog ni-kileu   7, 77, 80  
12 skin no-olʃin   73  
66 to tie up, fasten i-vit   74  
77 to scratch word info i-oiɣoi   75  
105 tail ni-ᵐʙusin   76  
35 to vomit i-lulu   8  
151 green i-aɣasan   8  
110 spider nɪ-ŋɛŋeo   8, 79  
56 child ni-ᵐbunoŋ   81  
98 egg na-manlɛn(to)   83  
94 to throw word info i-komb   85  
48 to sleep i-pas   86  
39 to cook word info i-saŋ   87  
74 to kill i-orᵐʙun   88, 1  
24 head na-ᵐbati-n   9  
179 near masaŋsaŋ   90  
149 red i-paŋpaŋ   91  
72 to hit word info i-uras   94  
145 smoke word info i-tuŋk   94  
95 to fall word info i-ᵐbah   97  
186 you amuru you dual x  
187 they raru they dual x  

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